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Engadget
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Engadget
Nintendo's updated mobile app will make sharing Switch 2 screenshots a lot easier
Nintendo is gearing up for the launch of the Switch 2 on June 5, and to ensure you're ready to go when the console arrives at your door, you'll need to download the latest update for the newly renamed Nintendo Switch App. The app, which was previously called the Nintendo Switch Online app, had added a number of new features, including a more seamless screenshot interface, GameChat functionality and placeholder icons for game-specific services like Zelda Notes. The latter will become usable on launch day. Arguably the most useful addition is the revamped screenshots and video upload feature, which allows you to link your phone to your Switch 2 and wirelessly upload in-game media to the app, either manually or automatically. This was already possible on the original Switch (and is hardly a revolutionary feature), but doing so involved some needlessly clunky QR code scanning that didn't always work. Now, screenshots and gameplay clips should just appear in the app, where you can save them locally. Up to 100 files can be stored in the app for 30 days from the point of upload, and once you hit the limit the oldest files will disappear if not saved. Another big Switch 2 feature is GameChat, Nintendo's new multiplayer voice chat functionality. Via the Nintendo Switch App you'll be able to receive notifications for GameChat invites, friends coming online and friend requests. Your added friends will be displayed on the home screen of the app. Again, no one who's been playing games on a modern PlayStation or Xbox console for the last decade is going to be blown away by any of this stuff, but it looks like playing online with friends on Switch 2 is going to be mercifully less fiddly than on its predecessor. The Zelda Notes icon now appears when you open the Nintendo Switch App, but it won't be functional until June 5. The app, which is only compatible with the Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom , effectively functions like a sat nav for tracking down missing Koroks and shrines on your save file. You can also share your Autobuild creations in TotK with friends, edit in-game photos and check play records such as the number of enemies defeated and total game overs. Nintendo is making small tweaks to some of its other services ahead of the Switch 2's arrival. Over on Nintendo Switch Online (not to be confused with the mobile app), where you can play a selection of emulated classics from Nintendo's back catalogue, a new Switch 2-exclusive rewind feature will be added to the N64 library, as well as a new CRT filter option. These features were already available for NES and SNES games on the service, and it's not entirely clear why original Switch owners won't benefit from the additional N64 options as well.
CNET
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNET
Zelda Notes On Switch 2 Will Breathe New Life Into Tears of the Kingdom
The Switch 2 Nintendo Direct livestream on April 2 was jam-packed with hardware information, exclusive game reveals and third-party collaborations -- including information about Switch 2 upgrades for the Legend of Zelda games that essentially bookended the original Switch console's lifespan: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. With all of the hype surrounding these games, I couldn't blame you if you missed what seemed like a new minor feature buried within the Nintendo Switch App. Zelda Notes, as it's called, is compatible with the Switch 2 editions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, helping players navigate Hyrule more effectively, view their in-game achievements and access save data on the fly. Watch this: Switch 2 Detailed: What You Need to Know 07:18 Perhaps most importantly, Zelda Notes will allow the Tears of the Kingdom community to build a library of Ultrahand builds that anyone can import into their game. The Switch 2 edition upgrades for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are free so long as you have a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership. Otherwise, you'll have to shell out some money to take advantage of Zelda Notes when the Switch 2 launches on June 5. Here's why this new Nintendo Switch App feature is such a big deal. Making Ultrahand easy for everyone From simple cars to complex flying machines, you'll be able to access any Ultrahand build you want with a single tap. Nintendo/Screenshot by CNET Forget the sky islands and the underground Depths: Ultrahand is the key selling point of Tears of the Kingdom. The Switch's Legend of Zelda games are about tackling problems creatively and giving the player complete agency over handling tricky situations. The Ultrahand ability is the Platonic ideal of player freedom. As long as you possess the proper building blocks, you can Frankenstein them together into whatever abominable tool you please. That doesn't mean Ultrahand has ever been easy or intuitive to use, though. And a lot of people just aren't imaginative or dextrous enough to engineer the massive mech suits, flying machines or dragons that go viral on Reddit. I know I'm not. The Zelda Notes app ensures we no longer have to live vicariously through these skilled builders. Now, they can share their Ultrahand builds with a QR code and other players can import them directly into their game. While the feature seems like a way to jot down some notes or view some stats on first glance, it's really the ultimate distribution of player freedom. Your average Tears of the Kingdom player will soon be able to open the Autobuild Sharing tab of Zelda Notes to play with brand-new vehicles and contraptions very soon -- the philosophy of this new app is very LittleBigPlanet-esque. Item sharing, daily bonuses and other odds and ends The voice memories feature will add much-appreciated lore to the Switch's mainline Zelda games. Nintendo/Screenshot by CNET Speaking of QR codes, the Zelda Notes app tries to promote a sense of community in another way as well. Players are able to create QR codes that share items like food, weapons and crafting parts when scanned. You're able to make deposits in a Zelda Notes deposit box for other players to claim when they're needed. A new photo mode makes it easier for players to share their favorite Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom vistas, as well as any wacky moments they encounter in-game. QR codes for item and autobuild sharing can be stamped on these pictures as well. Voice memories will expand upon the Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom story, providing new contextual dialogue from key characters as you explore important locations throughout Hyrule. The daily bonus spins a wheel that turns on a 24-hour boost for your save file. You can unlock improved meals, weapon repairs, increased energy cell regeneration or health recovery times and more. Zelda Notes also keeps track of your compatible scanned amiibo figures, and will enable you to start using the amiibo twice in one day once you've scanned it for five separate daily bonuses. All of these bonuses and extra features will be available for the Switch 2 editions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom when they're released on June 5.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's divisive weapon durability is getting a workaround, but it's locked to the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition app
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and its sequel The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom were a massive departure for the series in loads of ways. They were the first open-world Zeldas, the first that properly let you tackle the game in any order, and maybe most controversially, the first games with degradable weapons that could break. The Nintendo Switch 2 Editions now seem to let people repair equipment, but only via the new mobile app function. In case you somehow missed the next-gen console-handheld's reveal, Nintendo is making dedicated Switch 2 versions of both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, and letting people pay for an upgrade pack that unlocks access to tech improvements and Zelda Notes, which is included in the Nintendo App. The Zelda Notes app adds a heap of extra features to the two beloved games - like achievements, a GPS map that directs you to secrets, and the ability to share contraptions in Tears of the Kingdom - though you'll have to stare at a second screen to use them (welcome back, Wii U). YouTuber Zeltik noticed one other pretty huge feature in Zelda Notes, however. (Good spot, VGC.) The app basically contains a daily bonus, too, which gifts you random boons like health recovery or an extra item. Most interestingly, one of the daily bonuses seen in the slot-machine-like wheel was 'Equipment Repair.' Weapon decay and durability has long been one of the more divisive parts of two otherwise universally loved games. I'm a fan since it actually forces you to keep exploring, poke at the corners of the map, and scrappily experiment with every tool at your disposal. Introducing weapon repair could probably mess up the game's steady balance, but there's only a chance you'll be able to repair anything once every 24 hours anyway. Nintendo clears up online confusion, confirms physical Switch 2 Edition games come with the original game and next-gen upgrade on the same card
